What grinds my gears...

[HighPeakFox]

Agree with the last few entries. And it seeps into all pores too. I'm constantly amazed/aghast at asking a question and getting some other answer. 

[ajthefox]

I don't think what most people generally want to hear are sound bites, so much as the constant news cycle and the proliferation of partisan "news sites" of questionable integrity have eroded our capacity for taking in information in the news and for many have become a source of weariness.

 

 

 

[Jon the Hat]

Clap for Heroes.  Clapping for the NHS was fine, but now people doing their job in tough circumstances are heroes.  FML.

[leicsmac]

11 minutes ago, ajthefox said:

I don't think what most people generally want to hear are sound bites, so much as the constant news cycle and the proliferation of partisan "news sites" of questionable integrity have eroded our capacity for taking in information in the news and for many have become a source of weariness.
 

It is something of a chicken/egg question - does the public shape the media and their coverage, or does what the media put out shape the public wants and desires?

 

It's likely a mix of both, but personally I'm inclined to think that as consumers, the public shape what the media put out in the vastly more open market for such things that exists today. Of course, those in charge of such media outlets know that giving those people what they want is a way of exerting power and influence over them too, so you might say the whole thing is mutually beneficial.

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

28 minutes ago, Jon the Hat said:

Clap for Heroes.  Clapping for the NHS was fine, but now people doing their job in tough circumstances are heroes.  FML.

 

Wait til Fap for the Furloughed becomes a thing

[Nalis]

1 minute ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

 

Wait til Fap for the Furloughed becomes a thing

I already thought it was a thing?

[Beliall]

2 minutes ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

 

Wait til Fap for the Furloughed becomes a thing

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

3 minutes ago, Nalis said:

I already thought it was a thing?

...on your doorstep

[UniFox21]

1 hour ago, ajthefox said:

I don't think what most people generally want to hear are sound bites, so much as the constant news cycle and the proliferation of partisan "news sites" of questionable integrity have eroded our capacity for taking in information in the news and for many have become a source of weariness.

 

 

 

I'd argue many do. In an age where people are generally always on the go and spend seconds flicking between stories, small sound bites are the things that will attract people to continue reading or click onto a story. 

[Nalis]

28 minutes ago, Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo said:

...on your doorstep

Have you got a better idea?

[StanSP]

Hermes saying they've delivered my parcel when they haven't actually done so 

[Buce]

10 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Hermes saying they've delivered my parcel when they haven't actually done so 

 

Have you checked your neighbour's wheelie bin?

[StanSP]

11 minutes ago, Buce said:

 

Have you checked your neighbour's wheelie bin?

Regularly!! Nothing there.

[Ian Nacho]

That bloke on the Asda adverts. 

[Julian Joachim Jr Shabadoo]

22 minutes ago, Ian Nacho said:

That bloke on the Asda adverts. 

I want to punch his vocal cords

[HighPeakFox]

Speaking on behalf of 'everybody' - i.e., the royal we. If you need a very good/bad example of it, see trump's latest deranged video message.

[StanSP]

Imbeciles on Twitter (yes, I know some of you will stop reading there ) getting wound up because Martin Lewis decided to wear a watch that lets him know if he's getting within 2m of someone else. He said it's particularly helpful for when he's on set and cameraman might get too close. 

 

Now bellends replying to him get abusive and personal because of it. It literally has no bearing on their lives yet they choose to let it consume them. Weird. 

[Facecloth]

7 minutes ago, StanSP said:

Imbeciles on Twitter (yes, I know some of you will stop reading there ) getting wound up because Martin Lewis decided to wear a watch that lets him know if he's getting within 2m of someone else. He said it's particularly helpful for when he's on set and cameraman might get too close. 

 

Now bellends replying to him get abusive and personal because of it. It literally has no bearing on their lives yet they choose to let it consume them. Weird. 

First one i saw was complaining about the BBC buying them. Its an itv show 

Edited 7 January 2021 by Facecloth

[StanSP]

1 minute ago, Facecloth said:

First one i saw was complaining about the BBC buying them. Its an its show 

Crazy ain't it

[UpTheLeagueFox]

2 hours ago, StanSP said:

Imbeciles on Twitter getting wound up 

Now bellends replying to him get abusive and personal because of it. It literally has no bearing on their lives yet they choose to let it consume them. Weird. 

People get angry on a daily basis on social media over something or other.

I try to let very little consume me because it's simply not worth bringing that aggro into my life.

There are plenty on here who bring out a fair bit of rage which surely can't be good for them - or maybe channeling their rage here makes them less angry in real life, who knows 

[Houdini Logic]

People who still don't get that Jamiroquai is the name of the band and not the singer 

[TeamRocket]

Me buying random gadgets of ebay that I don't use or break

[UpTheLeagueFox]

3 hours ago, Houdini Logic said:

People who still don't get that Jamiroquai is the name of the band and not the singer 

When You Gonna Learn

[Facecloth]

5 hours ago, Houdini Logic said:

People who still don't get that Jamiroquai is the name of the band and not the singer 

Maybe they live in a virtual reality.

[The Bear]

Probably because they don't actually know/remember his name is Jay Kay.